Keyword
overcome
- kindly
- skillfully
- Frequency
- #1333
- Strokes
- 7
- Grade
- 8
- JLPT (old)
- N1
- Heisig
- 109
Readings
コク100%
Mnemonic
Ten older brothers shove together against a stuck gate, grunting, heels digging into the dirt, until they finally overcome it with a cheer.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in kanji
Used in vocabulary
克く
nicely; properly; well; skillfully; skilfully; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...; (you have) quite the nerve to; …
Adverb
克服
conquest (of a difficulty, illness, crisis, etc.); overcoming; surmounting; bringing under control
Noun
相克
rivalry (between two irreconcilable forces); conflict; strife; struggle; mutual overcoming cycle (of the five elements in Chinese philosophy; wood overcomes earth, earth overcomes water, water overcomes fire, fire overcomes metal, metal overcomes wood); excessive destructive cycle
Noun
下克上
juniors dominating seniors; inferiors overthrowing their superiors; retainer supplanting his lord
Noun